duumvir
noun
one of two officers or magistrates jointly exercising the same public function.
duumvirs
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pluralof duumvir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This government was based upon the old municipal organisation of duumvirs and decemvirs.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes
There are some who state that he was condemned by duumvirs appointed to inquire concerning cases of treason.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus
But there was a right of appeal to the Curia from judicial decisions of the duumvirs in certain cases.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
And then the duumvirs had their struggle with the infinitely little, and they fussed over this and that.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin
The municipal laws prescribed the election of pontiffs and augurs in common with the judicial duumvirs.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz
